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Vampire in Brooklyn

Synopsis

A comic tale of horror and seduction.

Maximillian, the lone survivor of a race of vampires, comes to Brooklyn in search of a way to live past the next full moon. His ticket to survival is Rita, a NYPD detective who doesn't know she's half vampire -- and Maximillian will do whatever's necessary to put her under his spell.

A horror-comedy that is at its best when it is leaning separately toward either horror or comedy but not both, Wes Craven's "Vampire in Brooklyn" gives its audience Eddie Murphy at the peak of his influence in Hollywood but not the peak of his talent. A watchable film that feels like a vanity project, there are some laughs and some gore but nothing else remarkable.

Revolving around a vampire who is searching for a half-vampire mate to ensure his own survival, "Vampire in Brooklyn" finds Eddie Murphy's undead Maximillian traveling to New York to begin his search. There he meets a cadre of colorful characters, including Angel Bassett's police woman. There is a touch of romance to go along with…

After about half an hour of watching Vampire in Brooklyn I came to the realisation that I wouldn't get any less out of it if I was asleep. For the sake of self-preservation my brain wouldn't allow most of the plot to even register but from what I did gather there seemed to be a lot more input from Eddie Murphy than director Wes Craven (undoubtedly at one of his lowest points here).

The film ranks at the same level as the fifth or sixth instalment in most horror franchises. It goes past the point of easy-watching and into the realm of unengaging drivel.

Props to Ebert for actually managing to reiterate the plot in his review, I struggled to…

"It was a wolf godammit! A big black stinking ass wolf. The motherfucker jumped of the boat and ran over there. And when it got there the son of a bitch turned into a man. He did the flippflopp shit on me... Just like whore i used to know in Detroit back in -62. I'd go over her house on saturday night... she loved me, man. I'd come through the door, she's a man! Flippfloppin' and shit. You ever seen a motherfucker flippflopp on you and shit like that? In your face trying to flippflopp and shit!"

The most interesting thing about this film is that the above is the funniest part of the film, and it's not even said…

walked in during the preaching part and decided to stay... and you know what it may not be the best, but it's still got that special spot in my heart.. as a kid I use to watch this, and golden child a lot. so say what you want but you can't take my childhood away. I'll wait for the Alzheimer's to do that as it runs in the family

Not as bad as its reputation, but not very good either. Murphy makes a surprisingly good villain, but the movie never lives up to its potential. Also too many things in this, smell of re-shoots. Especially the parts where Murphy plays a preacher and an italian gangster. I like they they justified the use of the typical Murphy make-up showcases this time, by having his character transform into other people, but those 10 minutes feel like out of a completely different movie.